본 연구는 대사증후군을 가진 65세 이상 노인여성을 대상으로 마루운동을 실시하여 노인활동체력, 혈중지질 및 동맥경직도에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 대사증후군을 가진 여성노인 41명을 무작위로 운동군(23명), 통제군(18명)으로 배정하였다. 운동군은 총 12주간 주 3회로 실시하였으며, 운동강도는 30%-60%의 HRR로 점진적으로 증가시켰다. 본 연구결과, 운동군이 노인활동체력(하지근력, 상지근력, 유연성, 심폐지구력 및 신체조성(체지방률, 제지방량, 허리둘레)), 혈중지질(총 콜레스테롤, 중성지방, HDL 콜레스테롤 및 LDL 콜레스테롤) 및 동맥경 직도에서 실험 전·후 긍정적인 변화를 보였고, 통제군에 비해 유의한 차이를 나타냈다. 결과적으로 대사증후군을 가진 여성노인들은 마루운동 프로그램 참여에 따라 노인활동체력이 향상되고, 혈중지질과 동맥경직도에 긍정적인 변화가 일어났다. 따라서, 마루운동프로그램은 대사증후군 개선에 효과적인 프로그램임을 시사한다.

대부분의 기존 송전철탑은 산악지형에 위치하여 강풍에 노출되어 있으며 이러한 강풍은 송전철탑에 동적하중의 증폭을 유도한다. 그러나 송전철탑은 일반적으로 이러한 동적하중을 직접 고려하지 않고, 단순히 등가정적하중을 사용하여 설계된다. 따 라서 기존의 송전철탑 보강방법으로는 정적응답을 줄이는 관점에서 단면 증대나 좌굴길이 감소 등의 방법이 사용되었다. 실제 동 적하중조건의 경우, 감쇠성능을 증가시킬 수 있는 보강기구가 보강방안의 대안으로 고려될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 송전철탑의 동적모델을 구축하였고, 비선형 시간이력해석을 수행하였다. 풍하중은 풍동실험을 통해 구하였으며, 마찰감쇠기가 강성과 감쇠 를 동시에 증가시키기 위해 적용되었다. 수치해석 결과는 마찰감쇠기의 최적 항복강도가 최하단 주주재가 부담했던 축하중의 5- 10% 임을 보여준다. 토글형 마찰감쇠기와 강성보강을 동시에 수행함으로써 주주재의 부재력과 기초에 전달되는 하중을 크게 저 감시킬 수 있었다.

In order to improve the seismic performance of structures, friction pendulum system (FPS) is the most commonly used seismic isolation device in addition to lead rubber bearing (LRB) in high seismicity area. In a nuclear power plant (NPP) with a large self weight, it is necessary to install a large number of seismic isolation devices, and the position of the center of rigidity varies depending on the arrangement of the seismic isolation devices. Due to the increase in the eccentricity, which is the difference between the center of gravity of the nuclear structure and the center of stiffness of the seismic isolators, an excessive seismic response may occur which could not be considered at the design stage. Three different types of eccentricity models (CASE 1, CASE 2, and CASE 3) were used for seismic response evaluation of seismically isolated NPP due to the increase of eccentricity (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%). The analytical model of the seismic isolation system was compared using the equivalent linear model and the bilinear model. From the results of the seismic response of the seismically isolated NPP with increasing eccentricity, it can be observed that the effect of eccentricity on the seismic response for the equivalent linear model is larger than that for the bilinear model.

Recently, the trend is emerging a variety of irregular tall buildings. It is important to design the building for lateral load according to this trend. Fluid Structure Interaction(FSI) simulation can be performed to understand the vibrations of the structure against dynamic wind loads. In order to make the physical characteristics of the actual structure and the analytical model the same, we studied core inserting equivalent stiffness modeling method. As a result of this analysis, the stiffness of the structure can be set similar to that of the two axes of the structure, and turbulence can be reproduced through the acceleration tendency.

The stiffness of a bicycle frame is a major factor of a bicycle performance related to safety, stability, and weight. In this study, the torsional and bottom bracket stiffness of a bicycle frame were experimentally investigated. The torsional and bottom bracket stiffness for 63 bicycle frames were evaluated and analyzed by measuring the displacement of frames. The torsional stiffness is related with turning performance and the bottom bracket stiffness is related with power transmission. The experimental results show that the average stiffness varies up to 20 % according to the frame materials and types. The torsional stiffness has a strong corelation with the bottom bracket stiffness even though they have different effects on a bicycle frame. It seems that the experimental results can be applied to the quality criteria of racing bicycles and also design standard of a bicycle frame.

Recent studies have revealed that plates stiffened by closed-section ribs can be designed to have greater strength. Thus, this study is about the increasing effect on local plate buckling strength of isotropic plates when longitudinally stiffened with closed-section ribs, which is mainly due to the rotational restraint of the closed-section ribs. The effects on buckling strengths of the stiffened plates are examined by numerical analyses. Three-dimensional finite element models were obtained using a general structural analysis program ABAQUS and a series of eigenvalue analyses were conducted. Through this study, the increasing effect on the local buckling strength due to the rotational stiffness is numerically verified. From the parametric studies, there is an obvious tendency that the local buckling strength of the stiffened plate would converge to the buckling strength of plate with fixed boundary condition. The findings of this study would contribute in improving the optimum design of longitudinally stiffened isotropic plates.

Torsional constants of both rectangular cross section and circular cross section are induced by exact solution, and was easy to calculate since of simple shape. However, it is very difficult to calculate the torsional constant of both an arbitrary cross-section and a composite cross-section. In this study, a finite element formulation was proposed as a method to calculate the torsional constant of both an arbitrary cross-section and a composite cross-section. From the numerical study, numerical results was compared with exact solution.

Recently, glass fiber reinforced polymer plastic (GFRP) pipes are increasing trend in using in the water-supply system because of their advantages such as light-weight, corrosion resistance, etc. GFRP pipes discussed in this paper have polymer mortar layer between filament winding glass fiber reinforced polymer plastic layers. So, GFRP pipe properties such as pipe stiffness (PS) and equivalent modulus of elasticity (Eeq ) for the design are complicated to predict or to measure. In this study, we proposed the equation that can predict the equivalent pipe stiffness factor (EI) in relation to PS and Eeq using thickness of each material layer. The predicted result obtained by the equation proposed in this paper is compared with experimental result. As a result, it was in the range of –5% to +2%. Therefore, it is found that the proposed equation can be used to design GFRP pipe used in practice.

When the driver sits on the seat, the cushion supports more than 70% of body weight. Based on this the driver feels discomfort due to the pain and numbness caused by body pressure concentration in the ischial tuberosity. So, the purpose of this study is to analyze the stiffness of the seat cushion according to sitting strategy and to obtain basic data that can be reflected in the design of the seat cushion pad. First, the static stiffness characteristics of the seat cushion pad were determined through a static load test. Next, we measured the body pressure distribution of 20 subjects. Based on this, we derived 7 types of average body pressure distribution. And as the hardness distribution of the seat cushion, it was judged that it would be less hard feeling at the pressure concentration region. Finally, we compared the deflection and stiffness of the seat cushion using the average body pressure distribution and the static stiffness data of the seat cushion.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of occipital bone stimulation by cervical stabilizing exercise on the muscle tone, stiffness, ROM, and cervical lordosis in patient with forward head posture( FHP). This study was a case study of a single patient with forward head posture. This study used a ABA' design, A and A' were the baseline phases and B was the intervention phase. The intervention was occipital bone stimulation by cervical stabilization exercise. It was administered once daily for 7 days. The therapist kept hands together, and placed the two index fingers under the subject's occipital bone. The subject performed the chin-in exercise with a maximum isometric contraction for 20 sec.The exercise was implemented by performing the movements 10 times as a set and repeating the set three times. The muscle tone was not significantly changed after intervention. However, the stiffness was decreased and lasted the effect lasted without intervention. The cervical flexion angle was increased, but the cervical extension angle was not significantly changed after the intervention. The left and right lateral flexion angles were increased and the effect lasted without any intervention. However, the left and right rotation angles were significantly changed after the intervention. Cervical lordosis increased not from 37° to 41° after the intervention. These results suggest that occipital bone stimulation by cervical stabilizing exercise had a positive effect on cervical stiffness, flexion and lateral flexion ROM, and lordosis in a patient with forward head posture.

In recent years, an outrigger damper system has been proposed to reduce dynamic responses of tall buildings. However, a study on outrigger damper system is still in its early stages. In this study, time history analysis was performed to investigate the dynamic response control performance of outrigger damper. To do this, a actual scale 3-dimensional tall building model with outrigger damper system has been developed. El Centro earthquake was applied as an earthquake excitation. The control performance of the outrigger damper system was evaluated by varying stiffness and damping values. Analysis results, on the top floor displacement response to the earthquake load, was greatly effected by damping value. And acceleration response greatly was effected by stiffness value of damper system. Therefore, it is necessary to select that proper stiffness and damping values of the outrigger damper system.

The Eradi Quake System (EQS) is a seismic isolation bearing system designed to minimize forces and displacements experienced by structures subjected to ground motion. The EQS dissipates seismic energy through friction of Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene (PTFE) disk pad. In general, a force-displacement relationship of EQS has post yield stiffness hardening during large inelastic displacement. In this study, seismic responses of seismically isolated nuclear power plant (NPP) subjected to design basis earthquake (DBE) and beyond design basis earthquakes (150% DBE and 167% DBE) are compared considering the post yield stiffness hardening effect of EQS. From the results, it can be observed that if the post-yield stiffness hardening effect of EQS is increased, the displacement response of EQS is reduced, and the acceleration and shear responses of containment structures of NPP is increased.

일반설계에서 탄성거동을 전제로 구조물을 설계하는 것과 달리 내진설계는 구조물의 소성거동을 규명하고 조정하여 붕괴를 방지하는 것이 목적이다. 일반교량의 경우에 요구되는 붕괴방지수준은 교량의 특정한 구조부재의 소성거동으로 낙교를 방지하여 지진발생 이후에 긴급차량의 통과를 가능하게 하는 것이다. 이러한 소성거동은 연결부분 또는 교각기둥에 제한되고 각 경우에 적절한 조치가 요구된다. 도로교설계기준은 교각기둥에서 소성힌지를 형성하여 연성붕괴기구를 구성하는 설계방식과 함께 철근콘크리트 교각을 하부구조로 하는 교량을 대상으로 연결부분의 항복을 이용하여 취성붕괴기구를 구성하는 연성도 내진설계를 부록으로 제시하고 있다. 이 연구에서는 철근콘크리트 교각기둥과 강재받침으로 설계된 일반교량을 선정하고 연성붕괴기구와 취성붕괴기구를 모두 고려한 붕괴방지 설계절차 및 도로교설계기준에 요구되는 수정사항을 제안하였다.

This study performed an inverse detection of fiber stiffness degradation that occurs due to damages in free vibrating composite structures. Five unknown parameters are considered to determine the fiber stiffness which is a modified form of the bivariate Gaussian distribution function. The proposed approach is more feasible than the conventional element-based damage detection method from the computational efficiency because a finite element analysis coupled with a genetic algorithm using a small number of unknown parameters is performed. The numerical examples show that the proposed technique is a feasible and practical method, which can prove the location of a damaged region as well as inspect the distribution of deteriorated fiber stiffness although there is a small difference in dynamic characteristics between damaged and undamaged structures.

In the water supply pipeline system, pipes made by cast iron, PE, PVC are generally used. However, the structural performance of these materials can be declined when used for long periodsof time because of corrosion, creep, deterioration of the material, etc. while glass fiber reinforced polymer plastics (GFRP) have many advantages such as light-weight, corrosion resistance, smooth surface, etc. For these reasons, GFRP pipes are good for construction when it is buried underground and are increasing trend in applying the water supply pipeline system. Therefore, more optimized structural design methodology should be developed. In this paper, we confirm pipe stiffness (PS) of GFRP pipe in which the pipe stiffness indicates the load-bearing performance. We compared data of parallel-plate loading test and theoretically predicted PS by the classical elasticity theory and the finite element method (FEM).

This study is the compared seismic performance that are difference between the performance of structures on various site classes and beam-column connection. this analysis model was designed the previous earthquake load. To compare the performance levels of the structure was subjected to nonlinear static and nonlinear dynamic analysis. Nonlinear analysis was used to The Perform 3D program. Nonlinear static analysis was compared with the performance point and Nonlinear dynamic analysis was compared the drift ratio(%). Analysis results, the soft site class of the displacement was more increase than rock site classes of the displacement. Also The smaller the displacement was increased beam-column connection stiffness.

합성보의 쉬어코넥트로 널리 사용되고 있는 스터드볼트는 현재 학회규준에 강재의 재질은 용접성을 고려한 SS400이 규정되어 있으며, 그 전단내력의 산정식은 압축강도 300kgf/cm2 이하의 콘크리트를 대상으로 하고 있다. 한편 합성구조의 보급에 따라 합성보 뿐만 아니라 다른 구조부분에서도 강재과 콘크리트를 결합하는 쉬어코넥트 혹은 다른 용도의 접합재의 필요성과 함께 강재와 콘크리트의 고강도화, 프리캐스트화가 예상된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 고강도 콘크리트와 강부재를 결합하기 위한 고강도 스터드의 개발을 목적으로 행하여진 일련의 실험결과를 보고하였다. 또한 스터드의 강성을 증대시키기 위한 강관을 이용한 쉬어콘넥트(이하, 파이프 스터드라고 한다)를 고안하였다. 본 논문에서는 고강도 스터드의 용접성, 역학특성에 관한 실험적 검토와 동시에 고강도․고강성 스터드인 파이프 스터드의 강성․내력을 종래의 스터드 볼트와의 비교실험을 하여 파이프 스터드의 유효성을 검증한다.